• FRANCE
    --I included notes until the mid-1950s because they are so artistic and beautiful!


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


    [Below: Front - note #1a2 (1928)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b2]


    [Below: Front - note #2a (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #2b]


    [Below: Front - note #2a2 (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #2b2]


    [Below: Front - note #3a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #3b]


    [Below: Front - note #4a (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #4b]


    [Below: Front - note #5a (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #5b]


    [Below: Front - note #6a (1937-1940)]

    [Below: Back - note #6b]


    [Below: Front - note #7a (1944)]

    [Below: Back - note #7b]


    [Below: Front - note #8a (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #8b]


    [Below: Front - note #8a2 (?)]

    [Below: Back - note #8b2]


    [Below: Front - note #8a3 (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #8b3]


    [Below: Front - note #9a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #9b]


    [Below: Front - note #10a (1945)]

    [Below: Back - note #10b]


    [Below: Front - note #10c (1931)]

    [Below: Back - note #10d]


    [Below: Front - note #10e (1934)]

    [Below: Back - note #10f]


    [Below: Front - note #10g (1944)]

    [Below: Back - note #10h]


    [Below: Front - note #11a (1938-1944)]

    [Below: Back - note #11b]


    [Below: Front - note #12a (1942-1947)]

    [Below: Back - note #12b]


    [Below: Front - note #13a (1949)]

    [Below: Back - note #13b]


    [Below: Front - note #14a (1950)]

    [Below: Back - note #14b]


    [Below: Front - note #15a (test note)]

    [Below: Back - note #15b]


    [Below: Front - note #16a (post WWII Allied occupation note)]

    [Below: Back - note #16b]


    [Below: Front - note #16c (1947 Allied occupation note for French forces)]

    [Below: Back - note #16d]


    [Below: Front - note #16e (1947 Allied occupation note for French forces)]

    [Below: Back - note #16f]


    [Below: Front - note #16g (1947 Allied occupation note for French forces)]

    [Below: Back - note #16h]


    [Below: Front - note #16i (1947 Allied occupation note for French forces)]

    [Below: Back - note #16j]


    [Below: Front - coin #1 [50 centimes] (1943)
    -The coin legend of the following coins, which are struck in aluminum, is: 'TRAVAIL, FAMILLE, PATRIE' translates as 'WORK, FAMILY, FATHERLAND' which replaced the previous slogan of the republic
    'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity']

    [Below: Back - coin #1 [50 centimes] (1943)]


    [Below: Front - coin #2 [1 franc] (1943)]

    [Below: Back - coin #2 [1 franc] (1943)]


    [Below: Front - coin #3 [2 franc] (1943)]

    [Below: Back - coin #3 [2 franc] (1943)]


    [Below: Front - coin #4 [2 franc] (1943)

    - NOTE: This 2 franc coin is different from the one seen above due to its strange edge design, which I failed to find a reference for.]

    [Below: Back - coin #4 [2 franc] (1943)]


    [Below: Front - coin #5 [5 centimes] (1941)

    - This coin, like so many others of the war era, is struck in wartime zinc.]

    [Below: Back - coin #5 [5 centimes] (1941)]


    [Below: Front - coin #6 [10 francs] (1906)

    - This coin is gold and although is decades before WWII, I put it here because it is so beautiful!]

    [Below: Back - coin #6 [10 francs] (1906)]


    [Below: Below are bonds and coupons.]



    [Below: Front]

    [Below: Back]


  • FRENCH INDOCHINE (VIETNAM)


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1903-1909)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


    [Below: Front - note #1b (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #1c]


    [Below: Front - note #1c (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #1d]


    [Below: Front - note #1e (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #1f]


    [Below: Front - note #1g (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #1h]


    [Below: Front - note #1i (1938)]

    [Below: Back - note #1j]


    [Below: Front - note #2a (1927)]

    [Below: Back - note #2b]


    [Below: Front - note #3a (1932)]

    [Below: Back - note #3b]


    [Below: Front - note #3b (1939)]

    [Below: Back - note #3c]


  • I put two copies here to show you the incredible wear on the second note! Wow.

    [Below: Front - note #4a (1928-1931)]

    [Below: Front - note #4b]

    [Below: Back - note #5a (1928-1931)]

    [Below: Back - note #5b]


    [Below: Front - note #6a (1949)]

    [Below: Back - note #6b]


    [Below: Front - note #6c (1939)]

    [Below: Back - note #6d]


    [Below: Front - note #7a (1947-1954)]

    [Below: Back - note #7b]


    [Below: Front - note #8a (1954)]

    [Below: Back - note #8b]


    [Below: Front - note #8a (1939)]

    [Below: Back - note #8b]


  • Nouméa

    [Below: Front - note #9a (?)]

    [Below: Back - note #9b]


    [Below: Front - note #10a (?)]

    [Below: Back - note #10b]


    [Below: Front - note #11a (?)]

    [Below: Back - note #11b]


    [Below: Front - coin #1 (1938)]

    [Below: Back - coin #1]


  • FRENCH GUYANE (GUIANA)


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1933-1945)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


  • FRENCH TUNISIE (Tunisia on overprinted Algeria note)


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1929 - on overprinted Algeria note)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1941) on overprinted Algeria note]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


    [Below: Front - note #1c (1942) on overprinted Algeria note]

    [Below: Back - note #1d]


  • FRENCH ALGERIE (Algeria)


    [Below: Front - note #3a (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #3b]


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


    [Below: Front - note #2a (1940)]

    [Below: Back - note #2b]


    [Below: Front - note #2c (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #2d]


    [Below: Front - note #2e (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #2f]


    [Below: Front - note #2g (1892)]

    [Below: Back - note #2h]


    [Below: Front - note #2f (1942 lottery ticket)]

    [Below: Front - note #4a (1944)]

    [Below: Back - note #4b]


  • FRENCH MAROC (Marocco)


    [Below: Front - note #4a (1944)]

    [Below: Back - note #4b]


    [Below: Front - note #5a (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #5b]


    [Below: Front - note #6a (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #6b]


    [Below: Front - note #7a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #7b]


    [Below: Front - note #8a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #8b]


    [Below: Front - note #9a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #9b]


    [Below: Front - note #10a (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #10b]


    [Below: Front - note #11a (1944)]

    [Below: Back - note #11b]


    [Below: Front - note #12a (1949)]

    [Below: Back - note #12b]

    [Below: Front - note #13a (1944 - coin is to illustrate the note's size)]

    [Below: Back - note #13b]


  • NOUVELLE CALEDONIE (New Caledonia)


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


  • NOUVELLE HEBRIDES


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1941 - on overprinted Indochina note)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


  • AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE (French West Africa)


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1941)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1942)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1943)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]


  • DJIBOUTI


    [Below: Front - note #1a (1927 - on overprinted Indochina note)]

    [Below: Back - note #1b]